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WILLIAM H. HOLE. farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Havana ; was born in Washington Co., Ind .. April 13, 1836, and is a son of Stephen and Lucinda ( Mitchell) Hole; the former born on the site of the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, July 12, 1795, and the latter in Woodford Co., Ky. ; his father died Jan. 26, 1873, and his mother Sept. 19, 1877 ; the subject of this sketch resided in his place of nativity till the removal of the family to Illinois in 1856, locating in Havana Township, this county. He enlisted in Co. K., 85th I. V. I., Aug. 18, 1862, was promoted to First Sergeant and served in that. capacity during the last year of the war; was with Gen. Sherman on his march to the sea, arriving at Washington, D. C., June 5, 1865, and received final pay and dis- charge at Camp Butler, Illinois, on the 11th of the same month. In 1866, he was married to Susan R .. daughter of Daniel Dieffoubacher, who was born in Havana Township ; she died April 11, 1877 ; two children by this union-Philip B. and Garnet D. Mr. H. owns eighty acres in Huvana Township.
THOMAS A. HOLE, farmer, Sec. 32 ; P. O. Havana; a brother of William H. Hole, whose sketch is given above, and what has already been written of their father's family need not be repeated here : he was born in Washington Co., Ind., Oct. 15, 1835, and came with other members of the family to Illinois in 1856. On the 9th of March, 1856, he was married to Miss Eliza R., eldest daughter of William Snyder ; she was born in Washington Co., Ind .; they have three children-Effie M. and the twins, Stephen G. and William S. Mr. Hole owns 120 acres of land in Havana Town- ship.
GIRARD W. D. HAVIGHORST, retired farmer ; P. O. Havana; was born in Quackenbruck, Hanover, Germany, July 1. 1827. Ile came to America in the fall of
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1844 and, via New Orleans, reached Shute's Landing, about one mile below the present city of Havana. Soon after his arrival here he went to Meredosia, Morgan Co., IN., and engaged as clerk with Conn, Chambers & Pratt, where he remained till 1849. He then returned to Mason Co. and located in Bath Township, and engaged in farming. In 1864 he visited his place of nativity and, on his return, located at Hlavana, in the the spring of 1865, where he has since resided. He still owns 640 acres of land in Sherman and Pennsylvania Townships, in this county. He served as Assessor of Havana Township one term, and member of the Town Board one year. Married, in 1851, Miss Mary C., daughter of John H. Marbold, who was born in Hanover, Germany. Three children by this union-Annie, widow of Ira Williams, Sophia W., and Grace V., wife of Frank Strickle. Mr. H. is a member of Mason Lodge, No. 143. 1. O. O. F., and Havana Lodge, No. 743, K. of H.
WILLIAM HIGBEE, retired, Havana ; was born in Lexington, Ky., Nov. 6, 1813; son of Vincent and Susannah ( Poindexter ) Higbee ; the former a native of New Jersey, and the latter of Virginia; the family removed to Illinois and located in Greene Co .. where the subject of this sketch resided until 1843, when he removed to Christian Co. Ill., and to Quiver Township, this county, in 1847. In 1841, he mar- ried Miss Fannie C., daughter of Robert and Maria D. ( Brown ) Cross, both parents born in Somerset Co., N. J. Mrs. Higbee was also born in the same county and State, Sept. 26, 1821 ; their parents settled in Quiver Township, this county, in 1843, where the family resided at the time of her father's death ; her mother's death occurred after removal to Havana. In February, 1849, Mr. Higbee removed to Havana, his present home. His mother, who has nearly reached her ninetieth year, resides at Whitehall, Greene Co., III.
LEWIS R. HAACK, SR., dealer in wall paper, window shades, window glass, cur- tains, etc., Havana ; was born in York, Penn., Oct. 1, 1841. He enlisted in Co. K, 87th Penn. V. I., Aug. 24, 1861, and served.till Oct. 13, 1864, when he was mustered out ; during the lasttwo years he served as Sergeant. In 1867, he came to Illinois and located at Havana, in March of that year. He was married, April 2, 1867, to Miss Louisa Shermeyer, who was born in Hanover, Germany. They have five children-Alice M., Maria B., William H., Lewis R., Jr. and Charles F. Mr. Haack served as Alderman of the First Ward, in 1875-76. He is District Deputy Grand Master of Mason Lodge, No. 143, and District Deputy Grand Patriarch of State Encampment. No. 31. I. O. O. F., and of Masonic bodies, S. D. Ifavana Lodge, No. 88, King, Hlavana Chapter, No. So. and Generalissimo, Damascus Commandery, No. 42.
JOHN HURLEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 20; P. O. Havana, was born in Ocean Co., N. J., May 26, 1824. In the spring of 1834, he came with his father's family to De Witt Co., Ill., where he remained till 1843, when he came to Mason Co., and settled in the north part of Havana Township. He engaged in farming until the spring of 1856, when he went to Kansas, but returned in the fall following. He was with Jim Lane all through the Kansas troubles of that period. Mr. II. owns 230 acres of excellent land in Havana Township. He was married, Sept. 30, 1847, to Miss Julia A. Baldwin, from near Cincinnati, Ohio, a daughter of Moses Baldwin, a captain in the Black Hawk war, now living in Le Roy, Kansas, but formerly of Havana Township. The result of this union is eight children-James M., Sarah E. ( wife of James L. Hurley ) , Mary ( wife of Joseph Snider ) , William, George W. and Ellen ; two dead-Martha ( wife of L. Lawson ), died in 1868, Stephen D., who was 11 years old at the time of his death. Mr. Hurley built the first house between Havana and Mellarry's mill, on the prairie ; he helped build MeHarry's mill, which was afterward burned, and helped to build the one now in use. Men came eighteen miles to help raise MeHarry's first mill. Mr. Hurley possesses a natural fondness for hunting, but has usually turned this sport to profit. He and his sons, aside from farming, are engaged in fishing, from October to May. See card in the Business Directory.
JOHN H. HAVIGHORST, SR., retired, Havana; was born in Hanover, Germany, Jan. 27, 1820, and came to the United States in 1836, stopping in New Orleans until the following summer; he then came to Mason Co., Ill., and settled in
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Havana Township, where he engaged in farming until 1840, when he entered the store of John H. Schulte as a clerk, at Schulte's Landing, about one mile below the city of Havana ; in 1844, he commenced business on his own account at Matanzas, and remained there until 1858. He was elected Sheriff of Mason Co. in the fall of that year, and moved to Havana, where he still resides ; was again elected in the fall of 1862, and elected Circuit Clerk in 1864, serving four years; he also served as Sheriff two years, beginning in 1848. He was married. April 16, 1842, to Miss Susanna Mounts, a native of Kentucky, who died in 1851 ; three children were the result of this marriage -Ilenry H., Maggie H. ( wife of John C. McBride, residing at Jacksonville ) and John H., Jr. He was married to Sarah JJ. Skinner Dec. 23, 1852; she was born in Erie Co .. N. Y. ; they have had four children, three of whom are living-Horace R., Chester M. and Iulie ; Myra M. (died Feb 3, 1877 ).
CHARLES HOWELL, retired farmer, See. 22; P. O. Havana; was born in Lycoming Co., Penn., Feb. 18, 1808, and is a sou of Nathan and Ann ( Richart ) Howell, both natives of Pennsylvania ; when about 17 years of age, Mr. Howell went to Columbia Co., Penn., where he learned the trade of wheelwright and chair-maker ; he subsequently learned the carriage trade in New York, where he resided about four years ; in 1830, he engaged in the chair and cabinet business at Horseheads, N. Y., but sold out about a year later and returned to Pennsylvania, where, for about two years. he was engaged with Mr. Richart in manufacturing carriages and sleighs ; he subsequently engaged in chair and cabinet work at MeEwensville, Penn .. on his own account; in December, 1836, he went to Jackson, La., where he was employed in a carriage-shop for a short time, and then went to Port Hudson, that State, where he helped to build a blacksmith shop and depot for the Port Hudson & Clinton Railroad Company ; the fol- lowing spring, he built a bridge 356 feet in length for the railroad company, which is still called the Howell bridge; in the latter part of June of that year, he went to New Orleans and purchased some articles of merchandise which he brought to Alton, III , and sold ; after disposing of his goods, he came up the Illinois River and stopped at Havana, and. in July, 1837, entered land four miles cast of the present city of Havana ; he soll to Reuben Henninger in 1842, and, with Messrs. Jones & Pollard, purchased the mill site ( now owned by Mr. Mellarry ) ; they built a saw-mill on the north side of the Quiver in 1842; in 1845. sold the site to Mr. MeHarry, who built a grist-mill on the south side ; in 1843, Mr. Howell went to Matanzas and engaged in mercantile busi- uess, and the following year went to Bath, where he remained a few months and then returned to the Quiver, where he sold goods some four or five years; in 1849, he went to California via overland route (Sublett's Cut-off north of the Salt Lake route), reach- ing Sacramento, then a city of tents, in October of that year ; here he engaged in man- ufacturing rockers used in mining ; in August, 1850, he returned to the States by way of the Isthmus, and, in the spring of 1859, made his second trip to the Pacific Coast by way of Virginia City, then just springing into existence ; he returned to Mason Co. the following November. He was married, Jan. 16, 1834, to Miss Elizabeth Long, who was born in Columbia Co., Penn .; by this union there were ten children, six of whom are living-Mary ( widow of J. L. Yates), Sallie M. (widow of Mr. Ballzell . Martha A. (wife of Wh Hodge), Oscar, Charles L. and Emma J. ( wife of Walter L. Coon ; the following are deceased : Franklin, Orpha, Catharine O. and Anson W. Mr. Howell has resided in Mason Co. since 1537, a period of forty-two years, with the exception of his absence in California and a residence in Kansas of a few years.
REV. JOHANNES HEINIGER, Pastor of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hlavana; was born in the Canton of Eriswyl, Switzerland, Dec. 31, 1843, where he resided until 10 years of age, and then removed to Basle, Switzerland, where he was educated in a Missionary institution of that place. In 1866, he received a call from Beardstown, Ill., as assistant Pastor of the Church at that place. He left his native country in 1866, and arrived at Beardstown, Ill., on the 10th of August of that year. He was ordained Pastor in full by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Illinois and other States, at Peoria, Ill., in 1969 ; he then received a call from Effingham, III., where he served as Pastor from the above date till 1872, when he followed a call to
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Hannibal, Mo., and filled the pastorate at that place from 1872 to 1875. He then, on account of failing health, entered the field as traveling missionary, and organized the congregation at St. Joseph, Mo. ; also one at Atlanta, Ga. In 1877, he followed a call as Professor in the Normal School near St. Louis, Mo., and, the following year, came to Havana, Ill., and has since served as Pastor of the Church here. He was married, June 4, 1868, to Miss Hanna Looniann, of Beardstown ; they have five children-Minna L., born March 25, 1869; Johannes, Dec. 28, 1871; Lydia E., Feb. 3, 1874 ; Hannah M. E., March 8, 1876, and George L., Nov. 26, 1878. Mr. Heiniger is now a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Wartburg Synod.
JOIIN W. HOLZGRÆEFE. farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Havana ; was born in Han- over, Germany, June 27, 1809 ; he came to America in 1836, locating first at Boston, Mass., where he worked in the factories of that city some three or four years. In July, 1840, he came to Illinois and located on the farm where he now resides. He was mar- ried in Boston, Mass., to Miss Katrina M. Hackmann, May 13, 1837 ; she was born in Hanover, Germany, Feb. 22, 1814, and came to America the same time as her hus- band. There were nine children by this union, six of whom are living-George William, born Aug. 5, 1839 ; George Henry, Jan. 26, 1842; George Lewis, Feb. 21. 1845 ; George Brans, Feb. 4, 1848 ; Charlotte H. ( wife of Frederick W. Menke), March +, 1851; George Frank, Feb. 22, 1854. The deceased are Catherine E., born Feb. 23, 1838, died March 27, 1838 ; George Frederick, born Aug. 22, 1843, died May 31, 1849 ; Catharine M., born May 16, 1855, died Jan. 29, 1860. Mr. Holzgræfe owns 120 acres of farm land, and twenty-three acres of timber in Havana Township.
GEORGE HENRY HOLZGRÆEFE, billiard and sample room, cigars, wines and liquors, Havana ; Mr. Holzgræfe, son of John W. Holzgræfe, whose sketch is given above, was born in Havana Township, this county, Jan. 26, 1842. He was raised a farmer, and worked on his father's farm till about 26 years of age. In 1866, he engaged in his present business, which he has since followed. He was married, in 1867, to Miss Anna Devermann, who was born in Hanover, Germany. They have had seven children by this union, six of whom are living-Matilda C., born June 25, 1868 ; Frederick W., Sept. 11, 1869 ; Julia A., July 3, 1871 ; Oscar R., April 1, 1873 ; Augusta, Aug. 11, 1876 ; John Darwin, Nov. 22, 1878, and Katie M., born May 1, 1875, died Aug. 1, of the same year. Mr. Holzgræfe is a member of Havana Lodge, No. 88, A., F. & A. M. and Havana Grove, No. 40, U. A. O. D.
HERMAN HACKMAN, farmer, Sec. 18 ; P. O. Havana ; was born in Hanover, Germany, Aug. 8, 1834; came to America in the fall of' 1855, by way of New Orleans, and stopped at Quincy, Ill., until the following June, when he came to Havana Town- ship, Mason Co., where he has since followed farming. He now owns 240 acres of land. He was married, April 3, 1866, to Miss Hannah Wissmann, who was born in Hanover, Germany, Aug. 9, 1847 ; they have three children-Lizzie, Wene and Clara. His father, Ruldolph Hackman, came to America the same year (1855); both parents were natives of Hanover, Germany. His mother's maiden name was Mary Hollenback.
EDMUND M. JOYCE, of the firm of E. M. Joyce & Co., dealers in groceries, crockery and queensware, Havana; was born in Jefferson, Lincoln Co., Me., Oet. 14, 1835; when he was 9 years of age, his father removed to Springfield, Ill., where he resided about eighteen months, and then went to Peoria. Edmond here learned the trade of a mechanic, and, at the age of 18, was employed by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, and afterward by the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Rail- road ; he was in the employ of the two companies about thirteen years, during which time be performed his various duties to the satisfaction of his employers. He was married, in December, 1864, in St. Louis, Mo., to Miss Agnes Smith, daughter of M. Smith, formerly of' Peoria, but a native of London, England ; Mrs. Joyce was also born in London ; the result of this union is seven children, four of whom are now living, viz., Mary I., James E., Aggie L. and Walter M. : deceased-William, who died in 1870; Blanche A., in 1872, and Aggie E., in 1873. Mr. Joyce engaged in the gro- cery business in Havana in 1872, and may be reckoned among the enterprising busi- ness men of the city.
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ALMON IL. JONES, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 21; P. O. Havana ; was born in Geauga Co., Ohio, June 25, 1828 ; he is a son of Julins and Elvira ( Wilcox ) Jones ; the former born in Massachusetts, the latter in New York ; in 1837, the family removed to Illinois, locating in Menard in the fall of that year; in the spring of 1842. they came to Mason Co. and settled in Havana Township, where his father, with Charles Howell and William Pollard, built a saw-mill on the opposite side of the stream from the mill now owned by Hugh McHarry. The subject of this sketch worked on his father's farm till about 24 years of age, and then became a tiller of the soil on his own account ; he has resided on his present farm since 1856; owns about 380 acres of land in Havana and Quiver Townships; he has served as School Director about seventoon years, and, in 1552, was married to Miss Elizabeth Pugh, who was born in Luzerne Co., Penn. : seven children by this union, four of whom are living-Julius P., Iris L. wife of Sheldon Atwater , Fannie M. and Florence A. ; the three deceased are Orilla, Arthur D. and Charles C.
JOHN S. KIRK, Police Magistrate, Havana ; was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, April 4, 1833; when about 15 years of age, he went to Iberia, Morrow Co., where he was employed as station agent ; in 1853, he removed to Ft. Madison, lowa, and touk a contract to build ten miles of railroad ; he served for a time as guard at the State's Prison. and, in August, 1861, enlisted in Co. E, 19th Iowa V. I .; in July, 1862, he was commissioned Captain, and served in that capacity till the close of the war ; was at the siege of Vicksburg, battles of Prairie Grove, Red River Expedition, Port Hudson, and Morganzia ; at the latter place, the entire regiment, with the exception of seventeen men, was captured by the enemy, the Captain being among the number not taken. He served for some time prior to the close of the war in garrison duty at New Orleans and, when mustered out of the service in IS66, returned to Ft. Madison, Iowa, and from there to Havana, his present home, in June of the same year ; here he engaged in books and stationery business, and, three years later, on account of failing health, sold out and went to Colorado; was there one summer, and, on his return. engaged in dry- goods trade under firm name of Hackman & Kirk ; sold his interest four years later, and, in May, 1874. was elected Police Magistrate ; re-elected in 1878; Mr. K. is a member of Mason Lodge No. 143. 1. O. O. F. ; Havana Lodge No. 713, K. of II. ; Standard Lodge, No. 231. I. O. M. A. ; he is also Lieutenant Colonel of the 7th Regi- ment. I. N. G.
FREDERICK KETCHAM, editor of the Mason County Republican, Havana; was born in Lisle, Broome Co. N. Y., Nov. 4, 1809, and was educated at Madison Univer- sity, Hamilton, N. Y., graduating at that institution in 1836; in 1845, he received the degree of A. B. at Columbia College, D. C., and, two years later, the degree of A. M. at Madison University, New York. He was married, in August, 1837, to Miss Callista Griffith, who was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., June 17. 1812. In October, 1837, he was ordained a Baptist minister at Saybrook, Conn., and, three years later, removed to Philadelphia. Penn., where he was engaged in ministerial work eight years. He lost his wife in 1846, and, two years after, was married to Miss Elizabeth P. Brower, of Philadelphia, who was born in Pennsylvania Feb. 22, 1821. In July, 1848. he removed to New Haven, Conn., as Pastor of the Second Baptist Church ; he attended scientific lectures under Prof. Silliman. Sr., and Prof. Olinstead ; he removed to Illinois in 1850, and made his first home at Rock Island; subsequently labored at Galena, Peoria and Pontiac, Ill. ; by an accidental fracture of the left ankle and the general shattering of the nervous system, he was obliged to retire from pastoral work and engaged in business ; he first engaged in nursery and general insurance business, and, in 1869, with (. B. Ketchum, his eldest son, established the Delavan Independent, at Delavan, Ill, of which he remained editor till 1873, when he established the Mason County Republican, at Havana, Ill., of which C. B. Ketcham was publisher, and F. Ketcham, editor. The Republic i has now been in existence six years, and has a large and increasing circulation. In connection with his editorial work, Mr. K. has taken a very netive interest in the Sunday-school work of Masin Co., and, in 1876. was elected County Secretary of the Sunday-School Association, which position he still holds.
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CHARLES G. KREBAUM, grain, commission and live-stock dealer, Havana ; was born in Havana, Mason Co., Dec. 22, 1837, and is the oldest native inhabitant of Mason Co. His father, Barnhard Krebaum, who was born in Germany, came to Amer- ica in 1834, and located at Hlavana July 3 of that year. When about 17 years of age. the subject of this sketch entered the employ of Walker & Hancock, who were doing a very extensive business in general merchandise ; he was in the employ of differ- ent firms until 1858, when he received the appointment of Deputy County Clerk of Mason Co., serving in that capacity till 1863; in September of that year, he engaged in merchandising under the firm name of Langford & Krebaum, and, in 1867. bought out his partner's interest, and then established the firm of Krebaum & Middelkamp ; in December of that year, the store was burned, and the brick building, known as " Kre- baum's Iron Front," was erected the following spring; the firm continued in business in the new building till January, 1869, when Mr. K. disposed of his interest in the stock and embarked in his present business, which he has since followed. He was mar- ried, in May, 1861, to Miss Mary E., eldest daughter of William M. and II. M. John. Mrs. Krebaum was born in Coshocton Co., Ohio. By this union, there were three children, two of whom are living-Nina F. and Carlisle M .; Frances P. died in August, 1865. Mr. Krebaum is a member of the following Masonic bodies: Havana Lodge, No. 88, and Havana Chapter, No. 86.
GEORGE KARL, proprietor of the Taylor House Saloon, Havana; was born in Baden, Germany, May 8, 1843; came to America in 1862, stopping in New York City about one year ; then came West to Cleveland, Ohio, where he remained a few months, and then went to Dayton, Ohio; in August, 1865, he came to Illinois, locuing in Havana, his present home, where he worked at his trade (stonemason) until 1870 ; he then engaged in his present business, which he has since followed. He was married, March 18, 1868, to Miss Caroline Pump, who was born in Hanover, Germany ; they have three children -- Emma, Lena and John G. Mr. Karl is a member of Prosperity Lodge, No. 114, A. O. U. W.
ADOLPH KREBAUM, retired, Ilavana; was born in the city of Eschwege, in the electorate of Hesse-Cassel, Germany, Oet. 10, 1814, and is a son of Bernhard and Frederika (Siebert) Krebaum ; the following are the names of the children of Bern- hard and Frederika Krebaum - Frederick (deceased ), Adolph, William, Charles (deceased ), Emilie ( deceased), Mary, Herman (deceased), Gustav (deceased), Caroline ( widow of Dr. A. Burns), Edward ( deceased) and Charles G. (see sketch ) ; there were fourteen children in all ; three died in infancy, two in Germany, and one in this country ; the survivors of this family reside in Havana, and of the deceased members all died in this city except the two mentioned above; the family emigrated to America in 1834, and, in June of that year, located in Havana. The subject of this sketch engaged in the mercantile business in Havana in 1851, but prior to the above date (1847) was elected to the office of County Clerk and served six years ; he was again elected to that office in 1855, and served till December, 1865. In 1853, he was married to Miss Inlia A. Morton, who was born in New York : she died in December of the same year. He was married Jan 1. 1861, to Sarah E. Field, who was born in Massachusetts. Mr. Krebaum is a member of the following Masonic bodies: Havana Lodge, No. 38; Havana Chapter, No. 86, and the Commandery at Rushville, Ill.
ROBERT LOFTON (deceased), See. 33; P. O. Havana ; was born in Wash- ington Co .. Ind., Dee. 10, 1835 ; he came to Illinois in 1856, locating in Havana Town- ship in the spring of that year. In 1862, he married Miss Louisa M., daughter of Stephen Hole; she was born in Washington Co., Ind .; in 1865. they removed to Liv- ingston Co., Ill., and, two years later, to Ford Co., returning to Mason Co. in 1875, the year of her husband's death ; their children are Stephen F., Charlie M., Allie L., Eli and Freddie.
ANSON LOW, of the firm of Low & Foster, grain and commission merchants, Havana; was born in Havana Township, this county, Oct. 14, 1846; his father, Eliphaz Low, with two other brothers, settled here in the autumn of 1836. The sub- jeet of these lines remained on his father's. farm until 10 years of age, when the family
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removed to Havana; in 1862, he entered the Northwestern University at Evanston, III., where he remained one year, and then entered the Lombard University, at Galesburg, Ill., where he pursued his studies till 1865; in 1866, he engaged in the lumber trade at Havana, under the firm name of Jones & Low, and, about a year later, Mr. Foster bought Jones' interest ; some two years later, the firm was changed to MeFadden, Low & Co., and engaged in the grain and lumber business : in 1876, the present firm of Low & Foster was established, and their business since that date has been exclusively grain and commission. Mr. Low is a member of the present Board of Aldermen. He was married, in 1875, to Miss Alice E. Long, who was born near Harrisburg, Penn .; they have one child-Corinne. Mr. Low is a member of the following Masonic bodies: Havana Lodge, No. 88; Havana Chapter, No. 86, and Damascus Commandery, No. 42.
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